Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Mass General Brigham•Somerville, MA

25d•$600,000 - $800,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham (MGB) invites inquiries, nominations, and applications in our international search for the next enterprise-level Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine. MGB is an integrated academic healthcare system, which includes its two founding academic medical centers, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), three nationally renowned specialty hospitals, McLean (Psychiatry), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and network, and Mass Eye and Ear (all Harvard teaching hospitals), seven community hospitals, multiple ambulatory sites, urgent care facilities, physician groups, an insurance company, home-based care, and long-term care services. MGB is one of the world’s most renowned health systems and, as a non-profit organization, is deeply committed to its four-part mission of patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. As a senior physician executive leader within MGB, the Chair will lead this premier Department of Emergency Medicine, comprising over 750 faculty members and trainees. Across the Department’s enterprise, 300 attending physicians and 140 academic faculty members provide outstanding expertise to more than 700,000 emergency visits annually at 2 AMCs, 8 hospital emergency rooms, and 7 urgent care centers. The Department is a national and internationally recognized leader in clinical excellence, education, innovation, and health services research, with a research portfolio exceeding $25 million in annual funding. The Department is further academically distinguished with over 60 residents and 16 fellows. Building upon this foundation of excellence, the next Chair will be responsible for sustaining and elevating the Department’s performance while shaping the future of emergency care in an increasingly complex healthcare environment. The successful Chair will demonstrate exceptional operational and financial acumen, a strong commitment to innovation and academic advancement, the ability to develop and lead high-performing teams, and the strategic insight required to deliver system- wide impact and lasting legacy across Mass General Brigham. The position requires an accomplished physician and leader with the ability to advance the clinical, teaching, research, and administrative activities of the Department, MGB, and Harvard Medical School. Based in Boston, this individual will be nationally and internationally recognized as an outstanding clinician, teacher, and investigator in the field of emergency medicine. The successful candidate will have distinguished academic credentials, including an MD or MD/PhD degree, and accomplishments in research, training, and clinical expertise, commensurate with appointment to the faculty at the rank of Full Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Requirements

Exceptional operational and financial acumen
A strong commitment to innovation and academic advancement
The ability to develop and lead high-performing teams
The strategic insight required to deliver system- wide impact and lasting legacy across Mass General Brigham
Accomplished physician and leader
Nationally and internationally recognized as an outstanding clinician, teacher, and investigator in the field of emergency medicine
Distinguished academic credentials, including an MD or MD/PhD degree
Accomplishments in research, training, and clinical expertise, commensurate with appointment to the faculty at the rank of Full Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Responsibilities

Sustaining and elevating the Department’s performance
Shaping the future of emergency care
Advance the clinical, teaching, research, and administrative activities of the Department, MGB, and Harvard Medical School.